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Population surveillance for microcephaly. [PDF]
BMJ, 2016 Surveillance is an essential part of the response to Zika and must be ...
Kirby RS.
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Population Surveillance of Dementia Mortality [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2011 Geographic and temporal variation in occurrence of dementia within the US has received little attention despite its importance for generation of new etiologic hypotheses and health services research. We examine methodological problems in the use of vital
Gillum, Richard F. +2 more
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Integrated Serologic Surveillance of Population Immunity and Disease Transmission. [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. Most infectious disease surveillance maintains a single-disease focus,
Arnold, Benjamin F +3 more
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Systematic analysis of the scientific literature on population surveillance. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Population surveillance provides data on the health status of the population through continuous scrutiny of different indicators. Identifying risk factors is essential for the quickly detecting and controlling of epidemic outbreaks and reducing the incidence of cross-infections and non-communicable diseases.
González-Alcaide G +2 more
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Strategy for population health surveillance in NSW [PDF]
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 1998 This article reports on the NSW Health Department’s discussion paper, Strategy for Population Health Surveillance in New South Wales.
Louisa Jorm, Michèle Puech
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Malaria Journal, 2023 Background The World Health Organization approved the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine for wider rollout, and Kenya participated in a phased pilot implementation from 2019 to understand its impact under routine conditions.
Angela K. Moturi +5 more
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Estimates of the reproduction ratio from epidemic surveillance may be biased in spatially structured populations [PDF]
Nature Physics 20, 1204-1210 (2024), 2023 Accurate estimates of the reproduction ratio are crucial to project infectious disease epidemic evolution and guide public health response. Here, we prove that estimates of the reproduction ratio based on inference from surveillance data can be inaccurate if the population comprises spatially distinct communities, as the space-mobility interplay may ...
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Diphtheria resurgence in Sada'a-Yemen, 2017–2020
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Diphtheria is a contagious vaccine-preventable disease that contributes to the high morbidity and mortality among under 5 children, especially in Yemen.
Ahmed Abdallah Al-Dar +5 more
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A Population Health Surveillance Theory [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2012 Despite its extensive use, the term "Surveillance" often takes on various meanings in the scientific literature pertinent to public health and animal health. A critical appraisal of this literature also reveals ambiguities relating to the scope and necessary structural components underpinning the surveillance process.
André Ravel +3 more
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Circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 1 outbreak, Saadah governorate, Yemen, 2020
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Yemen has faced one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world since the start of the war in 2015. In 2020; 30 Vaccine Derived Polio Virus type 1 (VDPV1) isolates were detected in Saadah governorate.
Mutahar Ahmed Al-Qassimi +5 more
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